Method and system for managing navigating robots in emergency situations
AssigneeNaver Corporation
InventorsKahyeon Kim, Seoktae Kim
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Abstract
A method for managing navigating robots in emergency situations is performed by one or more processors, and includes receiving a map of a target building, in which a no-stop area for emergency situations is defined in the map, receiving location information from the navigating robot, receiving an emergency situation occurrence signal, and in response to determining that the navigating robot is located in the no-stop area in emergency situations, controlling the navigating robot to move outside the no-stop area.
Claims16
A method for managing navigating robots in emergency situations, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:
- receiving a map of a target building, from an external source, wherein a no-stop area for emergency situations is defined in the map as a first area where the navigating robots are not allowed to stop in emergency situations;
- receiving first location information from a first navigating robot from among the navigating robots;
- receiving an emergency situation occurrence signal;
- in response to receiving the emergency situation occurrence signal, checking a location of the first navigating robot;
- determining, based on the map, whether the first navigating robot is located in the no-stop area;
- in response to determining that the first navigating robot is located in the no-stop area, controlling the first navigating robot to move outside the no-stop area, and
- in response to determining that the first navigating robot is located outside the no-stop area, controlling the first navigating robot to move to a position within a predetermined distance from a first wall that is nearest to the first navigating robot among a plurality of walls.
A robot control system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors connected to the memory and configured to execute one or more computer-readable programs included in the memory to cause the robot control system to
- receive a map of a target building, from an external source, wherein a no-stop area for emergency situations is defined in the map as an area where navigating robots are not allowed to stop in emergency situations,
- receive location information from a navigating robot from among the navigating robots,
- receive an emergency situation occurrence signal,
- in response to receiving the emergency situation occurrence signal, check a location of the navigating robot,
- determine, based on the map, whether the navigating robot is located in the no-stop area,
- in response to determining that the navigating robot is located in the no-stop area, control the navigating robot to move outside the no-stop area, and in response to determining that the navigating robot is located outside the no-stop area, control the navigating robot to move to a position within a predetermined distance from a first wall that is nearest to the navigating robot among a plurality of walls.
A building, wherein one or more navigating robots are arranged to provide services while driving in the building, comprising:
- the one or more navigating robots configured to be controlled by a robot control system, and
- the robot control system including,
- a memory, and
- one or more processors connected to the memory and configured to execute one or more computer-readable programs included in the memory to cause the robot control system to
- receive a map of a target building, from an external source, wherein a no-stop area for emergency situations is defined in the map as an area where the one or more navigating robots are not allowed to stop in emergency situations,
- receive first location information from a first navigating robot from among the one or more navigating robots,
- receive an emergency situation occurrence signal,
- in response to receiving the emergency situation occurrence signal, check a location of the first navigating robot,
- determine, based on the map, whether the first navigating robot is located in the no-stop area,
- in response to determining that the first navigating robot is located in the no-stop area, control the first navigating robot to move outside the no-stop area, and
- in response to determining that the first navigating robot is located outside the no-stop area, control the first navigating robot to move to a position within a predetermined distance from a first wall that is nearest to the first navigating robot among a plurality of walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.